Accurate Communicatio

n is often a Hard Thing to

Achieve!

A wife’s fortieth

anniversarygift!

Every Time We Speak, We

Say Three Things....

We SayWhat We

Thought We Said!

We Say What They Heard!

We Say What We Actually

Said!

So, How are We to

Understand God?

Philippians 2:5-135 Let this mind be in you which was

also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the

form of God, did not consider it

robbery…

…to be equal with God 7 but made

Himself of no reputation, taking

the form of a bondservant, and

coming in the likeness of men.

8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled

Himself and became obedient

to the point of death, even the

death of the cross.

9 Therefore God also has highly

exalted Him and given Him the name which is

above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus

every knee should bow…

…of those in heaven, and of

those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that

every tongue should confess that

Jesus Christ is Lord…

…to the glory of God the Father. 12

Therefore, my beloved, as you

have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,

but now much more…

…in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who

works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.”

How are We to Understand

God?“...for it is God

who works in you both to will and

to do for His good pleasure.”

‘pleasure’eudokía

will, choice, good will, kindly intent,

benevolence, delight, pleasure,

satisfaction, desire

When God Speaks, He

Never Contradicts

His Character

When God Speaks, He Agrees with

His Revelation

When God Speaks, He Is

Seeking to Accomplish

His Will

How are We to Respond to

God?“…work out your own

salvation with fear and

trembling...”

Micah 6:7-87 Will the Lord be

pleased with thousands of

rams, ten thousand rivers of

oil?

Shall I give my firstborn for my

transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has shown you, O man, what is

good;

…and what does the Lord require of you, but to do

justly, to love mercy, and to

walk humbly with your God?”

Behavior Is Always

Downstream from Values

& Belief

An Inner Transformatio

nA Christ-Centered Salvation

An Outer Manifestation

A Christ-Centered Surrender

John 14:21“He who has My

commandments and keeps them, it is he

who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father,

and I will love him and manifest Myself to

him.”